| DISASTERAREA | Readies a star to perform in devastated place (8,4) |
| STRAIN | Endeavour to get a star to perform in (6) |
| SUNDANCE | Star to perform in routine homage (3,5) |
| HORSDECOMBAT | Unable to perform in Cath's bedroom, when nervous (4,2,6) |
| TAKETHESTAGE | Use coach to perform in public. (4,3,5) |
| BOSUN | Former pupil, in short, led a star to a foreman, in the main (5) |
| STUNTMAN | Stand - in - for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts (5,3) |
| TRAINER | A person who readies a horse for racing |
| LIMO | It's the long car that carries a star to a fancy event |
| ASTEROID | Like a star to rise unexpectedly in modern times (8) |
| REALIST | It takes a star to lie about such a practical fellow (7) |
| ASTERISK | Symbol like a star, to mark a word or phrase (8) |
| MAGI | In Christian tradition, the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem (4) |
| RENT | And 24ac Ad taken out in devastated fatherland leads to reduced accommodation cost (4,4) |
| HALF | And 23ac Ad taken out in devastated fatherland leads to reduced accommodation cost (4,4) |
| RISINGSUN | Shop in devastated ruins of Japan (6,3) |
| AGILITY | Nimbleness of soldier seen in devastated Italy (7) |
| REICHSTAG | Chairs get broken in devastated parliament building (9) |
| ENGULFS | Floods in devastated fens pull back (7) |
| REARMS | Readies a missile again, e.g. |
